I noticed a lot of birds moving around when I walked outside late on Thursday afternoon. One camera and forty minutes later I had photos of 15 species without going any further than our nature strip.
That’s almost half of the number of species we have seen from this suburban (Mundingburra) location since we moved here and includes most of our common residents and visitors, so it has become an opportunity to update and extend the list I began here two years ago.
Photos on this page are from Thursday and can be seen at full size in the lightbox. Species links will take you to photos (and sometimes descriptions) elsewhere on Green Path.
Residents and regular visitors
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- White-gaped Honeyeater
- Brown Honeyeater
- Little Friarbird (Friarbirds are big honeyeaters)
- Myna
- Magpie
- Bowerbird
- Pee-wit or Magpie-lark
- Figbird
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Peaceful Dove
- Feral Pigeon
- White Ibis
- Bush Stone-curlew
- Plover aka Masked Lapwing
Occasional visitors
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Spice Finch
- Sparrow
- Spangled Drongo
- Blue-winged Kookaburra
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Magpie Geese
Wet-season visitors
- Torres Strait Pigeons
- Koel
- Pheasant Coucal
- Dollarbird
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Rare sightings
- Black Kite
- Pacific Baza (Crested Hawk)
- Crow
- Hornbill Friarbird, formerly known as the Helmeted Friarbird
- Black (aka Straw-necked) Ibis